ravage in English dictionary

  • ravage

    Meanings and definitions of "ravage"

    • (transitive) To devastate or destroy something
    • (transitive) To pillage or sack something, to lay waste to something
    • (intransitive) To wreak destruction
    • noun
      Grievous damage or havoc.
    • noun
      Depredation or devastation
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To devastate or destroy something.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To pillage or sack something, to lay waste to something.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To wreak destruction.
    • To devastate or destroy something
    • Grievous damage or havoc
    • To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly.
    • noun
      (usually plural) a destructive action; "the ravages of time"; "the depredations of age and disease"
    • verb
      cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
    • verb
      make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes

    Synonyms of "ravage" in English dictionary

    waste, destroy, demolition are the top synonyms of "ravage" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of ravage

    • ravage ( third-person singular simple present ravages, present participle ravaging, simple past and past participle ravaged)
    • ravage ( plural  ravages)
    • ravage (plural ravages)
    • ravage (third-person singular simple present ravages, present participle ravaging, simple past and past participle ravaged)
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